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To A. R. Wallace 5 March [1869]
Summary
Reception of ARW’s book, Malay Archipelago.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 5 Mar [1869] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6642 |
From T. R. R. Stebbing 5 March 1869
Summary
Explains how he, as "an orthodox clergyman" reading CD’s works, was totally convinced by his arguments. Expresses pleasure "that Science might make gigantic strides without offering such collateral opinions as, if true, would certainly dispense with clergymen altogether".
| Author: | Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 248 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6643 |
From W. C. Tait 5 March 1869
Summary
Is forwarding potted specimens of Drosophyllum.
Will make inquiries about sheep.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6644 |
To Charles Lyell 5 March [1869]
Summary
Discusses wear and tear due to glaciation and significance of this evidence for dating the glacial period. Mentions views of James Croll and Archibald Geikie on the issue.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 5 Mar [1869] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.364) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6692 |
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Stebbing, T. R. R. | (1) |
| Tait, W. C. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
| Stebbing, T. R. R. | (1) |
| Tait, W. C. | (1) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (1) |
